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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAM (COACHES): LB Ben Schmiesing, Dayton,...Schmeising joined the Flyers as a graduate transfer in 2021 after playing three years at Ohio State. He played in 10 games with seven starts in 2021 and was third on the team with 74 tackles. He was Second Team All-Pioneer Football League and First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District. The Piqua (OH) High School graduate is also a Flyer co-captain this season. - Dayton Football

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  08/07/22 - Sam BubonicsSr/2024, Dayton + More +

  2022 PRESEASON ALL-PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAM (COACHES): WR Sam Bubonics, Dayton,...Bubonics was Dayton's leading receiver in 2021, with 34 catches for 477 yards (14.0 avg.) and two touchdowns. Twenty-three of his 34 catches came in the last five games of the season. The Solon (OH) High School product was Honorable Mention All-PFL and named UD's Most Improved Player. - Dayton Football

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  2022 PRESEASON WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST: RB Jake Chisholm, Dayton, Sr., 5-9, 191 (2021 Finalist),...Chisholm led the Pioneer Football League in rushing (103.3 yards per game) and scoring (11.0 points per game), as well as all-purpose yardage. Playing behind a brand-new and improving offensive line, he finished the year with 502 yards and 13 touchdowns over the last three games, all Flyer wins. In addition to leading UD in rushing (1,073 yards), Chisholm also caught 30 passes for 361 yards, which was the third highest on the team. The Union, Ky. native is a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and was the 2021 PFL Scholar-Athlete. Chisholm is the fifth Dayton player ever named to the Award's preseason watch list. Quarterback Steve Valentino was named in 2010, running back Connor Kacsor in 2015, tight end Adam Trautman in 2019 and quarterback Jack Cook in 2021 are the others. - Dayton Football

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  Jake Chisholm clinched Dayton's 38-29 defeat of league-leading Davidson on Saturday with a 32-yard run in the fourth quarter, tying a school record with his fifth touchdown of the game. The win ended Dayton's season with three straight wins. Chisholm carried 34 times for 226 yards and also caught three passes for 36 yards. He is the seventh player for Dayton (6-4, 5-3 Pioneer Football League) to score five touchdowns in a game, first since 2008. Dayton's Ben Schmiesing recovered a Davidson fumble on the first play of the game and the Flyers Jack Cook tossed a 22-yard scoring pass to Chisholm on the very next snap. Chisholm added a 73-yard TD run, caught a 10-yard pass from Cook and added a run from the 2-yard line. Davidson (7-2, 6-1), lost a chance to clinch a share of the PFL championship and is in a first-place tie with San Diego. Louis Colosimo was 10-for-23 passing for 118 yards with two interceptions. Four ball carriers scored for the Wildcats, including Dylan Sparks, Colosimo, Aris Hillard and Coy Williams. Sparks gained 130 yards rushing, Colosimo 88 and Hillard 85. - AP College Football

rSr/2023 WR Jake ChisholmDayton
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  Jake Chisholm rushed for 119 yard and four touchdowns, Jack Cook passed for two scores and Dayton beat Stetson 41-13 on Saturday. Chisholm had touchdown runs of 5, 3 and 15 to help Dayton build a 21-3 lead. He added another 5-yard scores late in the fourth to cap the scoring. Sam Bubonics caught six passes for 143 yards for Dayton (5-4, 4-3 Pioneer), which closes its regular season against Davidson on Saturday. Cook was 18 of 24 for 328 yards with an interception. Bubonics caught a Chisholm pass and raced for a 67-yard touchdown to extend Dayton's lead to 28-13 early in the third quarter. Alex Piccirilli completed just 19-of-36 passes for 193 yards for Stetson (3-5, 1-4). He was intercepted once, but also carried it 18 times for 114 yards with a score. - AP College Football

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  Jake Chisholm rushed for 157 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead Dayton past Butler 38-31 on Saturday. Chisholm scored three touchdowns on the ground and his 50-yard catch from Jack Cook staked Dayton to an early 7-0 lead. After Cook threw his second TD pass of the game, a 40-yard connection with Joe Swanson, the Flyers took a 24-7 lead into halftime. Chisholm's 49-yard touchdown run gave the Flyers a 38-17 lead in the third quarter before Butler responded with a 75-yard touchdown pass from Bret Bushka to Yogi Flager on the next play from scrimmage. Bushka's 1-yard run - set up by pass plays of 36 and 22 yards - drew the Bulldogs within 38-30. Dayton recovered an on-side kick but was forced to punt with 1:01 remaining. Bushka was intercepted five plays later and the Flyers ran out the clock. For Dayton (4-4, 3-3 Pioneer Football League), Cook finished with 12 completions in 21 attempts for 269 yards. For Butler (2-7, 0-6), Bushka completed 28 of 47 passes for 380 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. Flager caught six passes for 125 yards, including the long touchdown, and Johnny O'Shea had 13 receptions for 161 yards. Butler out-gained Dayton 518-444 in total yards. - AP College Football

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  10/09/21 - Jack CookrSr/2022, Dayton + More +

  Jake Chisholm rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns and Dayton beat Drake 28-10 on Saturday. The Flyers pushed their college football best streak of scoring to 492 games when a snap went over the head of the Drake punter for a 30-yard loss and Ca'ron Coleman scooped the ball at the 4 and scored. Jack Cook scored on a 5-yard quarterback keeper for a 14-0 halftime lead. Dayton (3-2, 2-1 Pioneer League) then pounded out a 96-yard, 14-play drive with Chisholm scoring from the 4. The Bulldogs (2-4, 1-2) scored 10 points before Chisholm's second touchdown with 4:05 left sealed it. Drake's Blake Ellingson was 19 of 35 for 244 yards and a touchdown. - AP College Football

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  09/25/21 - Jack CookrSr/2022, Dayton + More +

  Jack Cook ran for three touchdowns and passed for three more as Dayton flew past Presbyterian 63-43 in a Pioneer Football League opener that saw nearly 1,000 yards of offense on Saturday. Cook completed 19 of 35 passes for 262 yards. He rushed for another 48 yards with touchdowns of 5, 8 and 2 yards for the Flyers (2-1. 1-0). Dayton continued its NCAA all-division streak of scoring in its last 490 games. Presbyterian, which is making waves with its no-punt, full-throttle approach to offense this season, built a 23-0 lead with two long touchdowns wrapped around an onside kick.

From there, however, the Flyers scored 49 unanswered points with six touchdowns, a field goal and two safeties through the second quarter and midway through the third. Cook put the Flyers on the board with a pretty 32-yard rainbow to Luke Brenner in stride in the end zone. Ren Hefley passed for 440 yards for the Blue Hose (2-2, 0-1) in their Pioneer debut. Hefley completed 33 of 62 passes with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Freshman Jalyn Witcher caught 11 passes for 136 yards and two scores - including a 66-yard fourth-down conversion in the first quarter. Sophomore Matthew Rivera made five catches for 117 yards and a TD. Delvecchio Powell rushed for 131 yards with two touchdowns. Presbyterian racked up 512 yards off offense to Dayton's 480. There were just four punts all game; one by the Blue Hose. - Dayton/AP College Football


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  SEPT 13 PIONEER CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brandon Easterling, Dayton, Senior, Safety, Fairborn, Ohio,...Easterling led Dayton with eight tackles and his forced fumble early in the third quarter helped Dayton secure a 17-10 victory against Eastern Illinois, Saturday. On the first play from scrimmage following Dayton's go-ahead scoring drive, Easterling forced a fumble from an EIU wide receiver and it was recovered by Dayton. The Flyers scored on the ensuing drive to extend their lead to 14-3. After Dayton forced a three-and-out on the next EIU drive following its second touchdown, Easterling returned the punt 29 yards to set Dayton up at the EIU 31-yard line, leading to a Dayton field goal for a 17-3 advantage. He also was credited with a half tackle for loss and had another tackle for no gain. Others Nominated: Devin Aguilar (Sr., CB, Butler); Jonathan Hammond (So., DL, Davidson); Alex Rogers (5th Yr., S, Drake); Vaughn Taylor Jr. (Sr., DE, Morehead State); Jayden Martin (RFr., DB, Presbyterian); Michael Hawkins (Sr., CB, San Diego); Alex Villas (RFr., DB, Stetson); Kohlton Sherman (Sr., DB, Valparaiso). - Pioneer League Football

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  09/11/21 - Jack CookrSr/2022, Dayton + More +

  Jack Cook passed for one touchdown and ran for another on back-to-back possessions in a turnaround third quarter, lifting Dayton to a 17-10 victory Saturday against Eastern Illinois. The touchdowns helped the Flyers reach an NCAA all-division record of scoring in 488 straight games. Dayton's (1-0) season opener against Robert Morris was canceled due to COVID concerns, so Saturday's game was being called the season re-opener. It was Dayton's first game in 658 days.

Eastern Illinois (0-3) took a 3-0 lead into halftime on Stone Galloway's 36-yard field goal, but the Panthers ran only five offensive plays in Dayton's dominating 17-point third quarter. Cook, who passed for 134 yards, drove the Flyers 71 yards on the opening drive of the second half, eating up 7:24 and taking the lead with a 10-yard pass to Jake Chisholm. The Flyers then forced an Eastern Illinois fumble and Cook ran it in from the 1-yard line three minutes later. Dayton ended the quarter with a Sam Webster 31-yard field goal. Otto Kuhns cut the gap with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Robbie Lofton with 19 seconds left. Kuhns had replaced Chris Katrenick, who passed for 129 yards with an interception. - Dayton/AP College Football


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  With the NFL and the FBS keeping their regular schedules as of now, playing in a spring season would make it virtually impossible for Easterling to prepare for, much less be selected in, the 2021 NFL Draft. Because of this, holding off and waiting for the 2021 fall season could be the better option for the Fairborn, Ohio, native. As a non-athletic scholarship program, seniors (Easterling included) have to face the difficult decision of whether to come back and pay for a more regular season in their fifth year, or miss out of a final fall football season altogether. "I want to (come back for a fifth year), I know for a fact I'm going to play college football again," Easterling said. "I have to find a way...I've expressed to you how much I love the game of football. It's just, I've got to really sit down and try and figure out, financially, if I can do it."

Easterling said he is still weighing his decision, and he still doesn't know for sure which way he will go. However, through this difficult off-season and decision-making process, a major motivation for Easterling was when teammate Adam Trautman was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft. With Trautman at tight end and Easterling at safety, Easterling was able to get plenty of tough work in at practice and benefited from scouts coming in to see Trautman, allowing Easterling to show off his skills and develop his draft stock. "(Adam getting drafted) did wonders for me," Easterling said. "If you play college football, you should look at it as, "Why not me?" No matter what level..."why not me' because you get one shot at football, and when you walk away from it, you're done." - Flyer News


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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PIONEER LEAGUE PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: S Brandon Easterling, Dayton, Sr.,...A preseason All-American, Easterling is coming off a junior season where he led FCS football in solo tackles (7.5) and was second in total tackles (12.7). Easterling also tied for second in interceptions per game (0.5) and tied for third in fumbles recovered (3). His nine turnovers acquired (six interceptions, three fumbles) were the most in FCS football. Easterling was named a 2019 FCS All-American by HERO Sports, the Walter Camp Foundation, the Associated Press and STATS FCS. He was a finalist for FCS Stats' Buck Buchanan Award, which goes annually to the top defensive player in FCS football. He finished eighth in the Buchanan voting and was one of just two defensive backs in the top 10. - Dayton Football

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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS SECOND TEAM: DB Brandon Easterling, Dayton, Sr.,...A preseason All-American, Easterling is coming off a junior season where he led FCS football in solo tackles (7.5) and was second in total tackles (12.7). He was second by 0.058 tackles per game to Montana's Dante Olson. Easterling also tied for second in interceptions per game (0.5) and tied for third in fumbles recovered (3). His nine turnovers acquired (six interceptions, three fumbles) were the most in FCS football. - Dayton Football

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  2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Adam Trautman, TE, Dayton,...Trautman is the Flyers' all-time leading receiver. He was UD's Most Valuable Player and the Pioneer Football League Offensive Player of the Year. He is the first tight end in PFL history to be named the league's top offensive player. He is the FCS's top-rated tight end in receiving touchdowns (14), receptions (6.4 per game), receiving yards (916) and scoring (7.8 points per game). Overall, he is ranked among the FCS's Top 50 in each of those categories, including third in the nation in receiving touchdowns. - Dayton Football

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  01/08/20 - Sam WebsterrSr/2024, Dayton + More +

  2019 ALL-PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): PK Sam Webster, Dayton,...Flyers named Second Team All-PFL were redshirt sophomore quarterback Jack Cook, senior offensive tackle Justin Karem, senior center Dom Sciaretti and freshman placekicker Sam Webster. Honorable mention selections from Dayton were senior wideout Kyle Butz and redshirt freshman Flyer Zach Rumpke. UD finished the season tied for second in the PFL with a 6-2 record, and was 8-3 overall. - Dayton Football

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